Bracelet construction



ne 1, 1948 G. UPSCHITZ Em 2,442,546

BRACELET CONSTRUCTION Filed April 4, 1946 INVENTORJ. g m fv BY \S'zdng K. Lyosduiz Patented June 1, 1948 mum . BRlroELE'nooNsTRUormN George hipschitz" and SidneyKF-Iiipsciiitz, NeW' YorkFN Y.

ApplicationzAprilA, 1946, .Seria.l.N0.\659,-533

togetherin'the 'form of aibraceletencircling the wrist.

.obiect of the invention is .to lprovi'deiin -a bracelet .or .other encircling .means, an arrangement'hy whichvarious containers .and the .like maylbej'interchangeably secured to braceletllinks, wherebythepurchaser mayselect a combination of :such containersand secure them totheibrace- .lt llinksltoprovide .a .braclet to-suit-her indi- .viduaL-re uirements.

Another object of .the invention ;is to .provide an improved sand-simplified means by which an interengagementbetweenithe containers and the brace'let'links is had whereby the containers may be fitted to :tor' remove'dffrom thelinks without the use of tools, thereby enabling the containers "to be shifted from "one bracelet linktoanother or removed and replace from time to time 'as,

desired.

More ,particularly, the invention contemplates theprovision of a plurality o'fihingedly-connected llinks and an assortment of containers or :recep- :tacles i'forxattaohmerit to the Jliliks to overlie :the 'outerTa'ces of the samathelinks and the containers or receptacles being =provided with cooperating parts whereby .the montainers -.m'ay be securely, hut removably attached-to the :links.

In "the accompanying drawing, wherein an illustrative embodiment of the invention is disclosed, Fig. 1 is a top plan view of several of the links of a bracelet as the same appear before the containers or receptacles are attached to the same; Fig. 2 is a view of the underside of one of the links; Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrows; Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line 44 of Figure 1, looking in the direction of the arrows; Fig. 5 is a top plan view of several of the links of the bracelet with the containers or receptacles attached to the links; Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one of the containers, showing the attaching plate on the bottom of the same; Fig. 7 is a sectional view through one of the links and a part of one of the containers, showing the engagement of the attaching plate with the link, and Fig. 8 is a view of the underside of a part of one of the links with the sleeves of the link and the attaching plate of a container shown in section.

In Fig. 1 of the drawing is shown several links ers 'l which areconnectedtogether in ahiarticulated manner to Tiormv the bracelet. "As imany oflthese linksmay beused asare necessary for-the'ibrace- ,let to encircle the wrist, the nuniber lofllinks' employed beingHependentupon the size of'thesaine and upon other factors. -In the "drawing three links are shown, .and ,probablyifour or more "will bereqiiired.toencircleithew'rist. 'The li'riks'l are ,provided at l'their ends .withthe'tubula'r sleeves f2 and :3, kthese .elements interiitting in "the known manner, .and a !.pin '4 "is extended through the alignedsleeves;toiholdlthellinkstogether.in pivotal .fashion.

,Eahilinkisprovi'ded .with a centrally Ilocated .depressediportion t,atLthe.opposite ends of which are :the .slots .or -1apertures J5 and "I.

-In .5, .the .links areshown with .containor receptacles attached to .them. The containers .as .shown :at :9, tll and 1-! are respectively, a watch .9, a compact f9 .and a dipstick .container l I, and .these :containers, or other containers, can be readily attached .to the links as will be clearly understood. Each con- .tainer is provided at its.rear iace with .an at 'tacliing .plate 12 which has .one end stormed into a Iloop .orssleeve [4 and at .its opposite .end is .formed .withea' hookedportion 4.3. .In: attahing. a

container to .the outer ia'ceof one .of the .links,

.ithe containertislmoved along .thelface .of the .link

.un'til ithellwokedportion J l3 ofiitslattaching.plate .eriters lthesidt .or.aperturei6. in-the' link lto engage with -anedge .portio'n of .the aperture. This will Lbring .thesleeve .l'4 Lot-the attachinggplate .in .reg- 'is'tration with-.theraperture =1 through whichit is then inserted. -When the sleeve LIA isinserted through aperture .1 .it willlbecome aligned with a, pair of sleeves 8 secured to the under side of the link and located at the opposite ends of the slot or aperture 1. A pin I5 is now inserted through the three aligned sleeves l4 and 8 and consequently the container to which said plate is secured, will be firmly attached to the link I. The pin I5 is bent or slightly distorted as seen in Fig. 8 so that it is placed under compression when placed through the sleeves l4 and 8 and will thus frictionally retain itself in place within the sleeves until manually displaced, when it is desired to remove the container from its position of attachment to the link.

Through the arrangement described, it will be apparent that various types of containers, receptacles, ornaments or similar articles may be readily and interchangeably attached to bracelet links, so that various attractive and useful combinations may be assembled by the purchaser of an article of this character. For example, the bracelet body, consisting of the links connected together but with no containers attached, may be sold as a unit, and the purchaser may have the choice of a number of container units to be attached to the bracelet. These containers may be made up in the form of watches, vanity cases, lipstick and eyebrow pencil holders, coin containers and a host of other useful and attractive holders or containers, which can be selectively purchased by the customer and attached to the bracelet in any desired combination through the" simple but effective means described, for attaching such articles in place on the bracelet links.

While we have herein described the article as being a bracelet, it will be obvious that the same might well be a belt, or some other encircling band, hence when herein referring to the device as a bracelet we wish to be understood as meaning any of the other aforementioned articles. We have not herein shown any means for fastening together the ends of the bracelet, but it will be obvious that any well-known form of bracelet clasp might be employed for that purpose. While it is desirable to make the parts of the bracelet, or at least some of them, of metal, it will be clear that other materials, such as some of the many known plastics, might be used for the purpose. In cases where it is desired to attach a relatively narrow or slender container to a link, as in the case of a lipstick holder such as shown at H in Fig. 8, and portions of the attaching plate 12 are likely to protrude laterally beyond the body of the holder, it might be desirable to locate the attaching plate l2 so that the same extends longitudinally of the lipstick holder to be thereby concealed by the body of the lipstick holder. This would require the slots 6 and l to be placed at right angles to their present position in Fig. 8. These and other modifications are comprehended as bein within the scope of the invention and the claims appended hereto.

What we claim is:

1. In a bracelet, a link in the form of a plate provided with a plurality of apertures, a container for attachment over a face of said link, said container being provided at the back with a member formed with a hook-shaped element at one end and a sleeve at the other end, the link having at least one sleeve on its rear face, the hook-shaped element being extended through one of the apertures and engaging over an edge portion of the link adjacent to said aperture, the sleeve on the container member lying in alignment with the sleeve on the link and a pin extended through the aligned sleeves.

2. In a bracelet or similar linked device, a series of links hingedly connected, each link being provided with a pair of spaced slots, sleeves on a face of each link adjacent to one of the slots, a container or like article adapted to overlie a face of each link, each container having rearwardly extended parts entering the slots and extending to the back of the link, one of said parts aligning with the sleeves, and a pin extending through said part and through the sleeves.

3. In a bracelet, a link having a plurality of apertures, a container having a plate formed with a hook at one end and a tubular part at the other end, said parts extending respectively through the apertures in the link, and a removable fastening element extending through the tubular part and through a portion of the link to hold the plate and the container attached to the same, against displacement.

4. In a bracelet structure as provided for in claim 3, wherein the apertures are slot-like, the hook engaging over an edge of one of the slots, the link having sleeves disposed at the ends of the tubular part, and the removable fastening element being in the form of a pin extending through the sleeves and through the tubular part and frictionally holding its position through said sleeves and tubular part.

5. In a bracelet or similar linked device, a link in the form of a relatively fiat plate having means at its ends for hingedly coupling it to other and similar links, said link having a pair of apertures, and a container having parts extending through said apertures, one of said parts being hook-shaped and the other part being tubular, and means extended through the tubular part and through a part of the link for holding the container attached to the link.

GEORGE LIPSCHITZ. SIDNEY K. LIPSCHITZ.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,727,001 Weaver Sept. 3, 1929 2,083,880 Tourot June 15, 1937 2,219,277 Kaufmann Oct. 22, 1940 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 696,086 France Dec. 26, 1930 

